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Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a turn-based strategy game encompassing all of human history. Players attempt to take a fledging civilization from 4000BC to modern times and lead their civilization to victory through domination, science, culture or diplomacy.

In Civilization IV, both workers and settlers prevent your city's food store from increasing for as long as they are being built. Surplus food is funneled into the production of both units, speeding ...

I've read the surprisingly light Wikipedia article on Civ 5 and it seems to be lacking coherent comparison of features between it and its predecessor. I'm also reluctant to bring down the 4Gb demo on ...

Every time I've played Civ 4 my first Settler starts on what looks like a pretty good square for a city, and I build it turn 1. Has anyone ever found it to be a worthwhile strategy to scout around a ...

I tend to build cities in tiles that give me access to luxury resources within the 5x5 fat cross and I try to build them on coasts whenever possible. However, the AI sometimes suggests very odd city ...

I purchased Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition, a package that includes four items. Three of the included items are displayed twice in my games library, with the message [game] is not ...

I bought Civilization IV and all 3 expansion packs from the Steam Sale. I've heard numerous things about the packs - new units, civilizations, etc. I have no idea what that means since I'm new to the ...

I'm looking for guidance in Civilization IV on how best to build a military that allows for the optimum mix of defensive capabilities with offensive ability (when needed) without having to sacrifice ...

I'm playing Beyond The Sword and when I want to build a spy I notice they supposedly: Helps Thwart Rival Spies:
Should I leave a spy stationed at borders? Should I place them cities? Does it matter ...

Does anyone know if there is a mod or anything to play Civilization 4 over email? Like if my friend makes a turn, I get sent an email that its my turn and I can log on make my turn or couple of turns ...

Whenever I capture a city in Civ 4 I am offered the option to raze it or install a new governor. I almost always choose to install a new governor - after all, why not start with a partly-built city ...

There are two expansion packs for Civilization IV, Warlords and Beyond the Sword. Are these two separate expansion packs with unique features not found in either, or is the second (Beyond the Sword) a ...

I've started playing Civ 4 recently; it's a great, complex game, and there's a ton to learn.
One aspect that puzzles me are roads. I read something about needing roads to gain access to resources - ...

Almost every turn in Civilization 4 I cycle through all the other civilizations checking if they have any new technology or resource to trade.
This is time consuming. (I feel like going to war with ...

I am playing Rise of Mankind mod for Civilization IV Beyond The Sword, Steam version. But every time I launch the game it starts without any mod loaded.
Is it possible to setup the launcher so that ...

I seem to read in all kinds of places how awesome the Great Library is in Civilization IV, but not why.
Two free scientists in the city it's built doesn't seem too special. Why is it good? Is it only ...

I'm trying to found the Creative Constructions corporation using a Great Engineer unit.
I've researched both the Corporation and Combustion techs. My civilization has access to Iron and Copper. I've ...

In Civilization 4 you can ask other civilizations for money or technology instead of trading. You say, "Can you spare this for a friend?" and sometimes they give it to you without expecting anything ...

Montezuma and Tokugawa seem to be very prone to waging war on me, just as Gandhi is always very friendly, so I guess it's safe to assume that the leaders have different personalities. My question is:
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I play on a MacBook Pro, so I have no number pad. Ideally I'd love to be able to play completely keyboard based, with movement keys similar to 'vi' (hjkl, etc).
I really want to be able to natively ...

I have never played any Civilization-series games before. But i love strategy games.
I have already played some turn base strategy games. But Civilization 4 looks different for me. In the other games, ...

I usually play at Civilization IV with difficulty set to Prince, length set to Marathon and size of the map to Huge.
The problem is that happens quite often, in the 20 century, that an opponent win ...

I regularly use the technology slider to balance my technology and commerce, but I don't think I've ever toyed with the culture slider. Am I missing out on an important aspect of Civ IV gameplay here? ...

I bought a Windows 7 machine and went to install Civilization IV on it. It told me the program had "known problems". If I continue it begins the startup process but eventually fails. What do I need to ...

I'm still new in Civilization 4 and had a lot of questions about playing the game. I'm finding the game to be insanely complicated so please keep that in mind while giving your answer. If you use too ...